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<strong><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The 23nd Annual</span></strong><br>
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<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">March 8 & 9, 2017 UMass Amherst</span></strong></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: 118%;"><b><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Six More Days to Save - Early Registration Ends February 26th</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: 118%;"><b><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">An All-Star Lineup of Presenters<br>
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<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: 118%;"><strong><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; line-height: 118%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Roy Diblik</span></strong><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; line-height: 118%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">:<em><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden</span></em></span></p>
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The New Small Garden (and many more)</span></em></span></p>
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& <strong><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Stuart Echols</span></strong>:
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<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: 118%;"><strong><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; line-height: 118%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Bill Thomas</span></strong><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; line-height: 118%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">:
<em><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Art of Gardening: Design Inspiration and Innovative Planting Techniques from Chanticleer</span></em></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: 118%;"><strong><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; line-height: 118%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Larry Weaner</span></strong><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; line-height: 118%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">:
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